Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a news conference concerning the extension of eviction protections in the next coronavirus bill, at the US Capitol on July 22, 2020, in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Exclusive: Trump has repeatedly played politics with American lives, Warren and others say in a new letter.
President Trump has made every aspect of his response to Covid-19 political, from his resistance to mask-wearing to his insistence on reopening schools to his sparring with Democratic governors over lifesaving tests and personal protective equipment.
His administration has even been accused of scrapping a nationwide testing plan after a team convened by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner determined that the epidemic would hit blue states the hardest and Democratic governors could be blamed for it.
Now, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is calling for an investigation of Trump’s politicization of the virus